Russian hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov and his father have a lot in common: a first name, an athletics discipline and now a history of missing the Olympics.

None have lived in South Sudan since it split from its northern neighbour in 2011, but the pain of the new country’s five years of on-off fighting since plays on their minds

Veteran Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic said yesterday he is delighted his compatriots will get to see the moment ‘everyone has been waiting for’, namely his debut for new club Manchester United in his homeland.

‘It’s the same this season at the start—to achieve 40 points, to be solid and to believe in yourself’

Fifty years on from the greatest day in the history of English football, pessimists fear that the prospect of becoming world champions again is as remote as it has ever been.

Ichiro Suzuki remained two hits shy of 3,000 as he went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Miami’s 11-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at the Major League Baseball on Friday night.

Romania’s Simona Halep rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova on Friday to set up a semi-final showdown with Angelique Kerber at the WTA Montreal tournament.

Djokovic needed two hours to win his 12th straight match against Berdych.

Canada’s Adonis Stevenson made his seventh successful title defence by knocking out Thomas Williams at 2:54 of the fourth round to retain his WBC light heavyweight belt on Friday night.

Elton Jantjies was the 22-point star as Golden Lions of South Africa defeated title-holders Otago Highlanders of New Zealand 42-30 in Johannesburg yesterday to reach the Super Rugby final.

It was Rosberg’s third pole at Hockenheim, 30 years after his father Keke had claimed his final pole

Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath backed up centurion Kusal Mendis' superlative effort to stun top-ranked Australia by 106 runs in the rain-affected first Test in Pallekele on Saturday.